1 Kings 2:5

2:5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me – how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. ¹  During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; ²  when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. ³ 

1 Kings 2:32

2:32 May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; ⁴  behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he ⁵  – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 8:43

8:43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. ⁶  Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, ⁷  obey ⁸  you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. ⁹ 

1 Kings 11:38

11:38 You must obey ¹⁰  all I command you to do, follow my instructions, ¹¹  do what I approve, ¹²  and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; ¹³  I will give you Israel.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He ¹⁴  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, ¹⁵  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. ¹⁶  His mother was an Ammonite woman ¹⁷  named Naamah.

1 Kings 15:20

15:20 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. ¹⁸  They conquered ¹⁹  Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. ²⁰ 

1 Kings 20:28

20:28 The prophet ²¹  visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army. ²²  Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 22:8

22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. ²³  But I despise ²⁴  him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. ²⁵  Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “what he did to the two commanders…and he killed them.”

[2:5]  ² tn Heb “he shed the blood of battle in peace.”

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he shed the blood of battle when he killed which is on his waist and on his sandal[s] which are on his feet.” That is, he covered himself with guilt and his guilt was obvious to all who saw him.

[2:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “The Lord will cause his blood to return upon his head.”

[2:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “because he struck down two men more innocent and better than he and he killed them with the sword, and my father David did not know.”

[8:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”

[8:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. 41.

[8:43]  ⁹ tn Heb “fear.”

[8:43]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “to call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[11:38]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “If you obey.” In the Hebrew text v. 38 is actually one long conditional sentence, which has been broken into two parts in the translation for stylistic purposes.

[11:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walk in my ways.”

[11:38]  ¹² tn Heb “do what is right in my eyes.”

[11:38]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will build for you a permanent house, like I built for David.”

[14:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:21]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

[14:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.

[15:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”

[15:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he struck down.”

[15:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”

[20:28]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[20:28]  ²⁰ tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

[22:8]  ²² tn Heb “to seek the Lord from him.”

[22:8]  ²³ tn Or “hate.”

[22:8]  ²⁴ tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.